And another one bites the dust!

Last friday was the last day for Rightway Express. Only Melbourne and Sydney offices as the other states had been amalgamated into TNT. Rightway's laverton depot has now closed and the drivers split between TNT Laverton, Campbellfield and Hallam.
Craig

Dosant Tools,sorry Tolls own the whole bucket of turds now?

No TNT

TNT is owned by Tolls anway ,the way it's going there will two big fat cats owning all the transport in Aussie .

Being Tolls & Linfox. Dave :'(

TNT is owned by the dutch UPS just tried to take them over and the E U nocked them back. I nice little earner for the Dutch to the tune of $200 million
Craig

Craigs
Gudday M8

@ 200Mil $
sounds a bit lite on
th@ may buy all the tyres
LOL

$200 million was just the payment for the failed purchase - kinda like UPS lost their deposit!

DD, history shows that as a few big companies consolidate it creates opportunites for small to medium size operators.

Some customers are too small to warrant the attention of the Tolls, some customers prefer a more personal type of service, etc, etc. Toll have long had a problem retaining all the business they acquire through take-overs.

...well put Jimbo .. in the heyday of the 1960's there was Ansett, Mayne Nickless, Brambles, Alltrans/TNT, and a couple more large public listed companies all carving it out in the road transport scene in Australia....

...where are they all now?........

yes and it wasn't that long ago even with government help state rail companys had it all sown up but they have all but gone I think its called reinventing the wheel or some such thing but what do I know

Heard a whisper that Kalarri have shut up shop too & someone else who I can't remember. cya Tim